NAME

       curl_multi_info_read - read multi stack informationals

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLMsg *curl_multi_info_read( CURLM *multi_handle,
                                      int *msgs_in_queue);

DESCRIPTION

       Ask  the  multi  handle  if  there  are  any  messages/informationals  from the individual
       transfers. Messages may include informationals such as an error code from the transfer  or
       just  the  fact that a transfer is completed. More details on these should be written down
       as well.

       Repeated calls to this function will return a new  struct  each  time,  until  a  NULL  is
       returned  as  a  signal that there is no more to get at this point. The integer pointed to
       with msgs_in_queue will contain the number of remaining messages after this  function  was
       called.

       When  you  fetch  a  message using this function, it is removed from the internal queue so
       calling this function again will not return the same message again. It will instead return
       new messages at each new invoke until the queue is emptied.

       WARNING:   The   data   the   returned   pointer   points  to  will  not  survive  calling
       curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_remove_handle(3) or curl_easy_cleanup(3).

       The 'CURLMsg' struct is very simple and only contains very  basic  information.   If  more
       involved information is wanted, the particular "easy handle" is present in that struct and
       can be used in subsequent regular curl_easy_getinfo(3) calls (or similar):

        struct CURLMsg {
          CURLMSG msg;       /* what this message means */
          CURL *easy_handle; /* the handle it concerns */
          union {
            void *whatever;    /* message-specific data */
            CURLcode result;   /* return code for transfer */
          } data;
        };
       When msg is CURLMSG_DONE, the message identifies a transfer that is done, and then  result
       contains the return code for the easy handle that just completed.

       At this point, there are no other msg types defined.

EXAMPLE

       struct CURLMsg *m;

       /* call curl_multi_perform or curl_multi_socket_action first, then loop
          through and check if there are any transfers that have completed */

       do {
         int msgq = 0;
         m = curl_multi_info_read(multi_handle, &msgq);
         if(m && (m->msg == CURLMSG_DONE)) {
           CURL *e = m->easy_handle;
           transfers--;
           curl_multi_remove_handle(multi_handle, e);
           curl_easy_cleanup(e);
         }
       } while(m);

RETURN VALUE

       A  pointer  to  a  filled-in  struct,  or NULL if it failed or ran out of structs. It also
       writes the number of messages left in the queue (after  this  read)  in  the  integer  the
       second argument points to.

SEE ALSO

       curl_multi_cleanup(3), curl_multi_init(3), curl_multi_perform(3)